Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has decided to locate its new military command in Saudi Arabia. Officials said the GCC would establish the headquarters of the new joint military command in Riyad. The officials said GCC leaders agreed to immediately implement its Dec. 10 decision to form a joint command […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait has expressed concern that Iraq’s government was losing control over the country. A leading Kuwaiti official said Iraq was being used as a base for strikes on Gulf Cooperation Council states. The official, Thamer Al Sabah, cited a mortar strike on Saudi Arabia on Nov. 21. “We are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The United States has drafted plans to sell weapons to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s regional force. Officials said the Defense Department has offered to fulfill the requirements of the GCC’s Peninsula Shield, meant to protect the six Gulf Arab states from external threats. They said the Pentagon envisioned block […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Iran has proposed a regional cooperation council that would focus on military and security cooperation. A former senior Iranian official told a Gulf conference that Teheran and its new ally, Iraq, could help their Gulf Arab neighbors in regional security. Hussein Mousavian, a former director of the Iranian Supreme […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ANKARA — Turkey has been seen as withdrawing from NATO. Turkish analysts said the decision by Ankara to select a Chinese ballistic missile defense system marked a major step away from the Western alliance. They said Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was instead promoting Turkish relations with China and the Gulf Cooperation […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has been flooded by foreigners. A senior GCC official said the six Gulf Arab states were threatened by millions of foreigners. The official said the foreigners, most of them laborers, were establishing private economies. “The growth of such an economy is bound to cause huge […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Middle East was said to require more than $1 trillion in energy investment by 2030, a report said. The report by the energy consultant IHS Energy asserted that the Middle East, from the Gulf to North Africa, would require more than $1 trillion to meet requirements for oil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar, after years of an independent foreign and security policy, has reached out to the Gulf Cooperation Council. Arab diplomatic sources said Qatar’s new emir has led a drive to improve ties with the six-member GCC. The sources said Emir Tamim Bin Hamad has been consulting with Saudi Arabia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Britain appears anxious over the prospect that Gulf Arab allies would retaliate for parliament’s decision not to join any attack on Syria. The London government has denied concerns that Saudi Arabia and the other five Gulf Cooperation Council states could retaliate for Britain’s refusal to join in any U.S.-led strike […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council faces a severe shortage of natural gas, a report said. Booz & Co. asserted that the six GCC states would be struck by a growing shortage of gas by 2015. In a report, Booz, a leading consultant, said the Gulf Arab states were struggling to […]